NBBL - Introduction/1901 Season

doubles · 01-07-2003, 11:42 PM

Thanks to ctorg, OOTP now has a database of common fictional players. I am using this database starting in 1901 and going on to the present

I will play most of my games as coach and GM of my team, so this should go relatively slow (as opposed to tcblcommish who is simming ahead fairly quickly, and who does not have all of my original players) but I will intend on posting updates by the game month. I also intend on keeping the history of the league using Cato's utility starting from the end of the first season.

I have a 24-team league taking random MLB teams and leaving others to the side. I intend to think of this league as 100% modern day with the settings, ballparks, etc all set to today's standards. Basically I am starting in 1901 for the full purpose of the database, and all numbers should be to 2002 standards.

I have control over the Montreal Expos, in the NL East along with Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Milwaukee.

The NL West includes Arizona, Colorado, San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Houston.

The AL East includes Toronto, Baltimore, Boston, New York, Chicago, Detroit.

The AL West includes Cleveland (the one geographic quirk), Oakland, Kansas City, Seattle, Texas and Anaheim.

All teams have 40 man rosters, and were chosen through a standard-form draft (1-24, 1-24, 1-24). I picked 22nd in the draft.

I will try my best to focus on superstars emerging around the history of the league, and other happenings.

HOUSE RULES:
-- Talent-Only rating system (even for the draft)
-- Must keep the payroll OUT of the Top-10 in the league (no personal or league-wide salary cap)
-- I will have some trading restrictions, but no specific ones as of yet
-- That is all I have now, I will add more as I go along.

Next Update: Your 1901 Montreal Expos...

doubles · 01-07-2003, 11:59 PM

Opening Day Roster

POS NAME (How Acquired)

SP. Mathew Shanahan (ID 1)
SP. Daron Hartleben (ID 4)
SP. Kirk Bublitz (ID 8)
SP. Bernard Turrington (ID 14)
SP. Geraldo Myers (ID 18)

RP. Damian Nuvolari (ID 6)
RP. Randall Boissonneault (ID 7)
RP. Cecil Sheather (ID 13)
RP. Denny Minto (ID 15)
RP. Bobby Maciejieski (ID 21)

CL. Milton Ryan (ID 5)

C. Raymond Siegwart (ID 3)
C. Jeffrey Hinetze (ID 19)

1B. Thomas Denman (ID 9)
1B. Will Blakeman (ID 22)

2B. Jeffrey Thatch (ID 10)
2B. Kenneth Spratling (ID 27)

3B. Charles Amman (ID 11)
3B. Ricky Macelderry (ID 28)

SS. Venu Ping (ID 12)

LF. Dave Zaba (ID 2)

CF. Ben Gwgan (ID 16)
CF. Randall Katt (ID 25)

RF. Bernard Roncero (ID 17)
RF. Derek Berthold (ID 24)

AAA Roster

SP. Calvin Strauss (ID 23)
RP. Claude Wesseldine (ID 26)
RP. Clifton Muselli (ID 35)
RP. Jeffery Shealey (ID 36)
RP. Jason Stenger (ID 37)
RP. Chris Tinsman (ID 38)
RP. Tracy Sundborg (ID 39)
C. Jared Bunton (ID 30)
3B. Fred Vardell (ID 33)
3B. Neil Davis (ID 34)
LF. Lloyd Chute (ID 29)
CF. Patrick Tubman (ID 31)
RF. Eddie Dang (ID 32)

AA Roster

SS. Paul Blanche (ID 20)

A Roster

SS. Johnny Stocchetti (ID 40)

LEGEND:
ID ## = Initial Draft + Round

Next Update: April 1901 Summary...

dsvitak · 01-08-2003, 11:22 AM

...keeping your payroll out of the top ten. I like it.

The same for trading restrictions....I allow myself one trade per year.

How about editing players, for position changes? Will you allow that? I will sometimes edit computer teams, to move them along the defensive spectrum, to help their teams.

doubles · 01-08-2003, 11:36 AM

I haven't thought about editing computer teams yet, I am curious as to what you mean by editing the computer teams to move them along defensively..

Thanks
Jared

MLBJournalist · 01-08-2003, 06:50 PM

I really like your idea of the salary cap rule also. I had never thought of doing such a thing, mixed in with Talent ratings only. Should be a good read!

doubles · 01-09-2003, 11:23 PM

OK, Well I just finished April 1901, and will post a recap either later tonight or tomorrow morning..

Any ideas of what I should have in the report?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Jared

blubbla · 01-09-2003, 11:29 PM

Here's some ideas:

--Team's record and place in standings

--Top hitter (s) and stats

--Top pitcher (s) and stats

--Notable performances in games, either by team or individuals

That should be a good place to start from.

doubles · 01-10-2003, 11:03 AM

Here are the standings as of May 1st, 1901.



AL Standings :

  (Name                  W   L   PCT    GB   AVG  ERA)

   West Division

   Cleveland            17  11  .607    --  .274  3.66 

   Oakland              17  11  .607    --  .253  3.17 

   Texas                14  14  .500     3  .284  4.21 

   Anaheim              13  15  .464     4  .243  4.30 

   Seattle              13  15  .464     4  .251  3.92 

   Kansas City          11  17  .393     6  .236  3.68 

   East Division

   Boston               17  11  .607    --  .265  3.49 

   Toronto              15  13  .536     2  .287  4.32 

   Chicago (A)          14  14  .500     3  .264  4.01 

   Detroit              14  14  .500     3  .240  4.31 

   Baltimore            13  15  .464     4  .255  4.28 

   New York (A)         10  18  .357     7  .249  5.32 

 

  NL Standings :

  (Name                  W   L   PCT    GB   AVG  ERA)

   West Division

   Atlanta              17  11  .607    --  .291  4.33 

   Arizona              16  12  .571     1  .291  4.35 

   Houston              14  14  .500     3  .268  5.24 

   Colorado             13  15  .464     4  .300  5.32 

   Los Angeles          12  16  .429     5  .251  4.12 

   San Francisco        12  16  .429     5  .273  4.58 

   East Division

   Milwaukee            20   8  .714    --  .294  3.60 

   New York (N)         18  10  .643     2  .268  3.04 

   Pittsburgh           13  15  .464     7  .280  4.58 

   Chicago (N)          11  17  .393     9  .281  5.31 

   Cincinnati           11  17  .393     9  .263  5.81 

   Montreal             11  17  .393     9  .254  5.14

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Montreal Transactions

April 5th- Placed SP Daron Hartleben on the DL
Called up SP Calvin Strauss from AAA
April 8th- Signed RP Brady Grisso (released by ANA) to $500,000/1 contract
April 11th- Sent OF Randall Katt to AAA
Called up RP Brady Grisso from AAA
April 14th- Sent RP Bobby Maciejeski to AAA
Called up RP Jason Stenger from AAA
April 22nd- Sent SP Geraldo Myers to AAA
Activated SP Daron Hartleben from the DL
Placed RP Jason Stenger on the DL
Called up RP Jeffery Shealey
April 25th- Signed RP Brady Grisso to a 2 year, $1 million contract extension.
April 28th- Placed RP Jeffery Shealey on the DL.
Called up RP Claude Wesseldine

I will now focus on 6 players per month (AL and NL Player's and Pitchers of the month, as well as the Pitcher and Player of the month on my team.

AL Player of the Month
Adrian Oudant, KC. Adrian is a 19 year old left fielder from Detroit who was picked up by Kansas City in the 2nd round, 37th overall pick in the Initial Draft. During the month of April he hit .342 with 10 homeruns and 25 RBI. He leads the AL in Homeruns and is tied for the lead in RBI. Ironically, Oudant's first career hit (first hit of the season, since there are no previous career stats) came off of Cletus Armitage, the AL Pitcher of the Month.

AL Pitcher of the Month
Cletus Armitage, OAK. Cletus is a 21 year old starter from Cincinnati and was the 5th player taken in the Initial draft, by Oakland. Cletus went 5-0 (1 ND) with a sparkling ERA of 1.07 (4 Earned Runs in 33.2 Innings). He leads the AL in ERA and is currently the only 5 game winner in the AL.

NL Player of the Month
Cory Villafana, ATL. Cory, a native out of Fort Riley, Kansas was a 3rd round pick of the Atlanta Braves with 50 players being drafted before him. Many teams are now kicking themselves as Villafana got off to a good start in April hitting .386 with 9 HR and 25 RBI. His 9 HRs are tops in the NL but his 25 RBI are only good enough for a tie for 5th in the NL. He also is 2nd in batting average, so a triple crown is a possibility, though it is still early in the season.

NL Pitcher of the Month
Aldo Mouwerson, CHI. Aldo was drafted 9th in the Initial Draft, going to the Chicago Cubs. A native of Mt. Clements, Michigan, Aldo went 4-0 (2 ND) with an ERA of 1.45 (6 ER in 37.1 IP). His 4 wins are tops in the NL and his ERA is also the best in the National League.

Expo Player of the Month
Will Blakeman, 1B. Will was drafted by me to be a back up in the 22nd round to Thomas Denman. Although, much to my surprise, I started Will, and he never slowed down. He is 7th in the NL with a .361 average with 1 HR and 16 RBI.

Expo Pitcher of the Month
Calvin Strauss, SP. Calvin was drafted right after Will in the Initial Draft in the 23rd round. He was called up after #2 starter Daron Hartleben went down with an injury and was fantastic in his 6 games (5 starts). He went 3-0 with a 3.82 ERA (13 ER, 30.2 IP). His one relief appearance was against Colorado in a 14 inning game where every relief pitcher was used.

Home Sweet Home
-- The Expos started off the year 3-12 due to a schedule where they only had one 3 game series at home. The Expos are 3-12 on the road and 8-5 at home. The Expos' May schedule has 14 home games and 13 road games.

01-07-2003, 11:42 PM	#1
doubles Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 485	NBBL - Introduction/1901 Season Thanks to ctorg, OOTP now has a database of common fictional players. I am using this database starting in 1901 and going on to the present I will play most of my games as coach and GM of my team, so this should go relatively slow (as opposed to tcblcommish who is simming ahead fairly quickly, and who does not have all of my original players) but I will intend on posting updates by the game month. I also intend on keeping the history of the league using Cato's utility starting from the end of the first season. I have a 24-team league taking random MLB teams and leaving others to the side. I intend to think of this league as 100% modern day with the settings, ballparks, etc all set to today's standards. Basically I am starting in 1901 for the full purpose of the database, and all numbers should be to 2002 standards. I have control over the Montreal Expos, in the NL East along with Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Milwaukee. The NL West includes Arizona, Colorado, San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Houston. The AL East includes Toronto, Baltimore, Boston, New York, Chicago, Detroit. The AL West includes Cleveland (the one geographic quirk), Oakland, Kansas City, Seattle, Texas and Anaheim. All teams have 40 man rosters, and were chosen through a standard-form draft (1-24, 1-24, 1-24). I picked 22nd in the draft. I will try my best to focus on superstars emerging around the history of the league, and other happenings. HOUSE RULES: -- Talent-Only rating system (even for the draft) -- Must keep the payroll OUT of the Top-10 in the league (no personal or league-wide salary cap) -- I will have some trading restrictions, but no specific ones as of yet -- That is all I have now, I will add more as I go along. Next Update: Your 1901 Montreal Expos...

01-08-2003, 11:22 AM	#3
dsvitak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,399	A good idea ...keeping your payroll out of the top ten. I like it. The same for trading restrictions....I allow myself one trade per year. How about editing players, for position changes? Will you allow that? I will sometimes edit computer teams, to move them along the defensive spectrum, to help their teams.

01-08-2003, 06:50 PM	#5
MLBJournalist Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 158	I really like your idea of the salary cap rule also. I had never thought of doing such a thing, mixed in with Talent ratings only. Should be a good read! __________________ <a href="http://road2cooperstown.com">R2C Commish</a> Montreal Expos

01-10-2003, 11:03 AM	#8
doubles Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 485	April 1901 Here are the standings as of May 1st, 1901. AL Standings : (Name W L PCT GB AVG ERA) West Division Cleveland 17 11 .607 -- .274 3.66 Oakland 17 11 .607 -- .253 3.17 Texas 14 14 .500 3 .284 4.21 Anaheim 13 15 .464 4 .243 4.30 Seattle 13 15 .464 4 .251 3.92 Kansas City 11 17 .393 6 .236 3.68 East Division Boston 17 11 .607 -- .265 3.49 Toronto 15 13 .536 2 .287 4.32 Chicago (A) 14 14 .500 3 .264 4.01 Detroit 14 14 .500 3 .240 4.31 Baltimore 13 15 .464 4 .255 4.28 New York (A) 10 18 .357 7 .249 5.32 NL Standings : (Name W L PCT GB AVG ERA) West Division Atlanta 17 11 .607 -- .291 4.33 Arizona 16 12 .571 1 .291 4.35 Houston 14 14 .500 3 .268 5.24 Colorado 13 15 .464 4 .300 5.32 Los Angeles 12 16 .429 5 .251 4.12 San Francisco 12 16 .429 5 .273 4.58 East Division Milwaukee 20 8 .714 -- .294 3.60 New York (N) 18 10 .643 2 .268 3.04 Pittsburgh 13 15 .464 7 .280 4.58 Chicago (N) 11 17 .393 9 .281 5.31 Cincinnati 11 17 .393 9 .263 5.81 Montreal 11 17 .393 9 .254 5.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Montreal Transactions April 5th- Placed SP Daron Hartleben on the DL Called up SP Calvin Strauss from AAA April 8th- Signed RP Brady Grisso (released by ANA) to $500,000/1 contract April 11th- Sent OF Randall Katt to AAA Called up RP Brady Grisso from AAA April 14th- Sent RP Bobby Maciejeski to AAA Called up RP Jason Stenger from AAA April 22nd- Sent SP Geraldo Myers to AAA Activated SP Daron Hartleben from the DL Placed RP Jason Stenger on the DL Called up RP Jeffery Shealey April 25th- Signed RP Brady Grisso to a 2 year, $1 million contract extension. April 28th- Placed RP Jeffery Shealey on the DL. Called up RP Claude Wesseldine I will now focus on 6 players per month (AL and NL Player's and Pitchers of the month, as well as the Pitcher and Player of the month on my team. AL Player of the Month Adrian Oudant, KC. Adrian is a 19 year old left fielder from Detroit who was picked up by Kansas City in the 2nd round, 37th overall pick in the Initial Draft. During the month of April he hit .342 with 10 homeruns and 25 RBI. He leads the AL in Homeruns and is tied for the lead in RBI. Ironically, Oudant's first career hit (first hit of the season, since there are no previous career stats) came off of Cletus Armitage, the AL Pitcher of the Month. AL Pitcher of the Month Cletus Armitage, OAK. Cletus is a 21 year old starter from Cincinnati and was the 5th player taken in the Initial draft, by Oakland. Cletus went 5-0 (1 ND) with a sparkling ERA of 1.07 (4 Earned Runs in 33.2 Innings). He leads the AL in ERA and is currently the only 5 game winner in the AL. NL Player of the Month Cory Villafana, ATL. Cory, a native out of Fort Riley, Kansas was a 3rd round pick of the Atlanta Braves with 50 players being drafted before him. Many teams are now kicking themselves as Villafana got off to a good start in April hitting .386 with 9 HR and 25 RBI. His 9 HRs are tops in the NL but his 25 RBI are only good enough for a tie for 5th in the NL. He also is 2nd in batting average, so a triple crown is a possibility, though it is still early in the season. NL Pitcher of the Month Aldo Mouwerson, CHI. Aldo was drafted 9th in the Initial Draft, going to the Chicago Cubs. A native of Mt. Clements, Michigan, Aldo went 4-0 (2 ND) with an ERA of 1.45 (6 ER in 37.1 IP). His 4 wins are tops in the NL and his ERA is also the best in the National League. Expo Player of the Month Will Blakeman, 1B. Will was drafted by me to be a back up in the 22nd round to Thomas Denman. Although, much to my surprise, I started Will, and he never slowed down. He is 7th in the NL with a .361 average with 1 HR and 16 RBI. Expo Pitcher of the Month Calvin Strauss, SP. Calvin was drafted right after Will in the Initial Draft in the 23rd round. He was called up after #2 starter Daron Hartleben went down with an injury and was fantastic in his 6 games (5 starts). He went 3-0 with a 3.82 ERA (13 ER, 30.2 IP). His one relief appearance was against Colorado in a 14 inning game where every relief pitcher was used. Home Sweet Home -- The Expos started off the year 3-12 due to a schedule where they only had one 3 game series at home. The Expos are 3-12 on the road and 8-5 at home. The Expos' May schedule has 14 home games and 13 road games.

01-07-2003, 11:59 PM	#2
doubles Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 485	Your 1901 Montreal Expos Opening Day Roster POS NAME (How Acquired) SP. Mathew Shanahan (ID 1) SP. Daron Hartleben (ID 4) SP. Kirk Bublitz (ID 8) SP. Bernard Turrington (ID 14) SP. Geraldo Myers (ID 18) RP. Damian Nuvolari (ID 6) RP. Randall Boissonneault (ID 7) RP. Cecil Sheather (ID 13) RP. Denny Minto (ID 15) RP. Bobby Maciejieski (ID 21) CL. Milton Ryan (ID 5) C. Raymond Siegwart (ID 3) C. Jeffrey Hinetze (ID 19) 1B. Thomas Denman (ID 9) 1B. Will Blakeman (ID 22) 2B. Jeffrey Thatch (ID 10) 2B. Kenneth Spratling (ID 27) 3B. Charles Amman (ID 11) 3B. Ricky Macelderry (ID 28) SS. Venu Ping (ID 12) LF. Dave Zaba (ID 2) CF. Ben Gwgan (ID 16) CF. Randall Katt (ID 25) RF. Bernard Roncero (ID 17) RF. Derek Berthold (ID 24) AAA Roster SP. Calvin Strauss (ID 23) RP. Claude Wesseldine (ID 26) RP. Clifton Muselli (ID 35) RP. Jeffery Shealey (ID 36) RP. Jason Stenger (ID 37) RP. Chris Tinsman (ID 38) RP. Tracy Sundborg (ID 39) C. Jared Bunton (ID 30) 3B. Fred Vardell (ID 33) 3B. Neil Davis (ID 34) LF. Lloyd Chute (ID 29) CF. Patrick Tubman (ID 31) RF. Eddie Dang (ID 32) AA Roster SS. Paul Blanche (ID 20) A Roster SS. Johnny Stocchetti (ID 40) LEGEND: ID ## = Initial Draft + Round Next Update: April 1901 Summary...

01-08-2003, 11:36 AM	#4
doubles Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 485	I haven't thought about editing computer teams yet, I am curious as to what you mean by editing the computer teams to move them along defensively.. Thanks Jared

01-09-2003, 11:23 PM	#6
doubles Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 485	OK, Well I just finished April 1901, and will post a recap either later tonight or tomorrow morning.. Any ideas of what I should have in the report? Any help would be appreciated Thanks Jared

01-09-2003, 11:29 PM	#7
blubbla Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Herscher, IL Posts: 2,458	Here's some ideas: --Team's record and place in standings --Top hitter (s) and stats --Top pitcher (s) and stats --Notable performances in games, either by team or individuals That should be a good place to start from.